Speaking-tube support for phonographs.



N. H. HOLLAND.

SPEAKING TUBE SUPPORT FOR PHONOGRAPHS.

APPLICATIGN FILED JULY13|19I4.

1,297,466, Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

i l L t TE@ STATE@ @ATENE @FFQE NEWMAN H. HOLLAND, OF WEST ORANGE, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY Larnaca.

Specicationof Letters Patent.

NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW SPEAKING-TUBE SUPPORT FOR PHONOGRAPHS.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application led J'uly 13, 1914. Serial No. $450,604.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, NEWMAN H. HOLLAND, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and `a resident of West Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Speaking- Tube Supports forPhonographs, of which the following is a description. i c

This invention relates to a support for speaking tubes of phonographsand particularly of those of the business or commercial type. Thespeaking tubes now in common use comprise a mouth piece connected to thephonographic recorder by aconvenient length of rubber tubing or thelike. rlhis tubing is liable to be in the way of the operator or beinjured when not in use. To overcome this inconvenience and diiliculty,l provide at a convenient point a bracket-like member,

one of the functions of which is to act as a support for the speakingtube when the latter is not in actual use, but which is also constructedto serve as a means for operating the switch or other member which conitrols the starting and stopping of the driving mechanism or othermovable parts of lthe* phonograph.

\ similar partsthroughout.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 represents al perspective vlew o part of the phonographcontaining one embodiment of my invention; l

Fig. 2 is a view of the same partly in vertical section and partly inside elevation;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one form of the bracketforming a part of my invention; and

Figs. 5 and 6 show in perspective modifications in the detailsofconstruction of the bracket.

Like `characters are employed to designate Referring .to the drawing thenumeral 1 f indicates the casing containing the motor and otheroperating parts of a phonograph, the casing being provided with a frameor -support2 on ywhich is mounted lthe shaft of thepulley 3 which, asis-common in 'the art,

6 and 6', isa metallic plate 7 provided with i device will be apparent.

a lug or bracket 8 projecting upwardly at right angles from. the plate7, the said bracket having a hinge loop 9. The plate 7 has a centralhole 10 of suitable dimensionsA for receiving the top of the stop andstart button 110i the switch 12 located within the casing. The hingeloop of the bracket carries a wire bracket 13 projecting out- -wardlyand terminating in a hook or loop 14 arranged in front of the casing andserving as a rest for the speaking tube 15.r The bracket 13, as shown,has parallel arms 16 and 16. A slide 17, having an upwardlyA extendinglug 18 and a groove 19, is mounted on the two arms of the bracket, thegroove 19 being adapted to engage, in a manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3,the head of the button 11 of the switch controlling the driving means.

Referring to Fig. 2, the working of the In the modication there shown,the wire bracket 13 is lifted manually to the position indicated by dotand dash lines when it is desired to start the motor, whereby the button11 of the switch, being engaged by the Aslide 17, is raised and theswitch moved to starting position. When the operator places the speakingtube in thebracket 13, as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, thespeaking tube, by reason of its weight, causes the bracket 13 andthebutton 11 of the switch to be pressed with the slide 17 disengaged fromthevbutton 11. It will be seen that with thebracket 13 in thisvposition, the button 11 may be readily operated directly by hand.

Figs. 5 and 6 show two modifications of the device, which tend toincrease its usefulness. The modification shown in Fig. 5 consistsv inmountin on the downwardly eX- tending` part of t e loop 14 of bracketarm 134 a support 20 having a curved inwardly extending spring tongue21, this spring tongue offering a suflicient amount'of resistance. tothe removalof the speaking tube 6 when removing the tube from the loop.1t

is evident that the tube in its movement will strike against the inwardbend of the loop, and the involuntaryupward movement following theinterference by said bend will be sufficient to raise the bracket member13 and with it the button 11 engaged by the slide 17. rlhe replacementof the tube to the loop- 14 will again veffectuate the stopping of themotor as before.

From the above description, it will be seen that my new deviceefficiently and advantageou'sly combines the several functions of asupport or rest for a speaking tube with means for automaticallycontrolling the starting and stopping mechanism of the phonograph in amanner best adapted to the customary way ofvusing such apparatus. 1 wishit distinctly understood that this description compriseslbut someembodiments of my invention, and l' may modify the same in manydifferentv Ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is as follows: 4 1. In a phonograph, drivingmechanism, including means for controlling the operation of the same, amovable support for a speaking tube and means engaging said controllingmeans and support `-whereby said controlling means may be actuated bysaid support, said engaging means being/movable out of engagement withsaid control-.

ling means, substantially as described.

2. The combination of movable phono-- driving mechanism.

graphic mechanism, therefor including means for controlling the,operation of said driving mechanism, Vand a movable support for aspeaking. tube con-- vnected with said controlllng means, said supportbeing provided with means for automatically causing the support tooperate said controlling means on the removal of the speakingtube fromsaid support, substantially as described.

3. In a phonograph, driving mechanism in-. cluding means forcontrollingthe operation of the same, a movable support for a speakingtube, and a slide mounted on said support and adapted. to engage saidcontrolling uneana substantially as described.

4. ln a phonograph, driving mechanism including means for controllingthe operation of the same, a movable support for a speaking tubeconnected to said controlling means, and a spring mounted on saidsupport for resisting the removal of the speaking tube from saidsupport, substantially as described.

5. In a phonograph, the combination with driving mechanism includingmeans 'for controlling the operation thereof, of a movable support for aspeaking tube, and a slide mounted uponW said support and havinga grooveadapted t0 engage said controlling means, substantially as described.

6. In a phonograph, movable phonographic. mechanism, driving mechanismtherefor including means for controlling the operation vof the saiddriving .mechanism, and a movable supportv fora speaking tube or thelike connected to the controlling means and arranged to operate saidcontrolling means, substantially as described.

7. In a phonograph, movable phonographic mechanism, driving mechanismtherefor includingmeans for controlling the operation of said drivingmechanism, a movable support comprising spaced arms upon opposite sidesof said controlling means, and a slide mounted upon said arms andnormally engaging said controlling means, substantially as described. L

8. 1n a phonograph, a casing, movable phonographic mechanism, driving.mechanism therefor including means for controlling the operation ofsaid .driving mechanism, and a movable support for a speaking' tubeorthe like mounted outside of the casing, normally connected to saidcontrolling means,'and arranged to operate the control- -ling means,substantially as described.

9. In a phonograph, a casing, movable phonographic mechanism, drivingmecha- 1- nism therefor including means for controlling the operation ofthe same, a movable support for a speakingtube or the like mountedoutside of the casing and comprising spaced-arms upon opposite sides ofsaid controlling means, .and a slide mounted upon said armsand normallyconnected to said controlling means, substantially as described.

this 10th day of July, 1914.

Witnesses:

, FREDERICK BAcHM-ANN, j

MARY J. LAIDLAW.

rlhis specification 'signed and witnessed NEWMAN H. HOLLAND.

